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. DOCUMENTS.
THE CCLD WAR-ERA MIND-CONTROL EXpER IMENT CLIMAXED WHEN TUT • •
HYPNOTIZED WOMAN, DESCR 1 BED AS A PEAC EA jLH SOFT, TERRIFIED CF GUMS,
FIRED A PISTCL POINT BLANK AT A SLEEPING COLLEAGUE — NGT KNOWING 7 HR
GUM HAD BEEN UNLOADED ,
THE DOCUMENTS ALSC DESCR I3HD OTHER EXPERIMENTS IM HYPNOSIS —
ALWAYS INVOLVING FEMALE SUBJECTS FOR EE A SC MS MCI STATED -- IM WHICH
we mem weijf. persuaded tc simulate IMMCF.AL, abnormal cr disloyal
behavior.
ONE REPORT CONCLUDED: . . ' • *
"THIS ACTIVITY CLEARLY INDICATES THAT INDIVIDUALS UNDER HYPNOSIS
• MIGHT 3E COMPROMISED AMD BLACKMAILED."
ANOTHER PAPER SUMMARIZED - SUCCESSFUL EFFORTS TC GET A VOLUNTEER
HYPNOTIC SUBJECT TO *LIR7 BLATANTLY WITH A STRANGE MAN, AND STATED:
"IF IT CAN BE SHOWN IN A SERIES OF TESTS THAT CUR SUBJECTS WILL DO-
TH INGS THAT THEY NORMALLY WOULD NOT DO IN THEIR EVERY DA v ACTIVITIES,
IT SEEMS LOGICAL THAT INDIVIDUALS ELSEWHERE CAM 3E ALSC CONTROLLED
THUSLY."
THE ONCE SECRET DOCUMENTS WERE OBTAINED 3Y THE WEEKLY WASHINGTON
NEWSLETTER SCIENCE TRENDS UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT, AND
MADE AVAILABLE TC UNITED- PRESS INTERNATIONAL.
they described c ia --Sponsored hypnosis experiments carried cut from
1951 TC 1S5A, WHEN THE AGENCY WAS STARTING »JP ITS 'JLTR A-SECFET
"PROJECT KK ULTRA" RESEARCH INTO MIND AND BEHAVIOR CONTROL USING
• WITTING AND UNWITTING H’lMANS.
MKULTRA RAN ON INTO THE 19 SDS, SPURRED INITIALLY BY KOREAN WAR-ERA
FEARS THAT THE SOVIETS AND CHINESE HAD A BIG LEAD IN "BE AIN- WASH IMG"
TECHNIQUES. THAT MIGHT ENABLE THEM TC INDUCE CONFESSIONS FROM ANY
CAPTURED ENEMY AND TURN WESTERN SPIES INTO HELPLESS, OBEDIENT
DOUBLE-AGENTS. •
•— THE HYPNOSIS experiments were part .of am MK ULTRA SUBDIVISION KNOWN
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AS
-operation
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subjects were
blanked cut in run released documents, but
#*» r r* r» • a Tf >< < i « . . _ . . . _ . . . * '■*
tti.ym. described as young, well-educated, highly motivated vctoi
WhC WORKED ?CR THE CIA AMD APPARENTLY V C LUNTEF RED PC R I Hr
EXPERIMENTS.
THE DOCUMENTS SAID THE EaPERI MENTATION NEVER WENT SC FAR AS TC
THE V£ MEf! ACTUALLY COMMIT IMMORAL ACTS, 3'JT ONLY TC BELIEVE THEY
Ft A D DC i »K SC •
1**1, Restriction, cur report stated: -the individuals
WITH WHOM WE. ARE WORKING AFT VERY HIGK-Tvpr."
THE TESTS WERE DESCRIBED AS "SIMPLE, AffJSIMG SITUATIONS, VERY
CAREFULLY CONTROLLED ... RATHER THAU le A SCANDALOUS OF: IMMORAL
NATURE • **
THE SIMULATED MURDER WAS DESCRIBED It! A FEPCRT DATED FE3. 10,
19PA, CONCERNING A MALE HYPNOTIST AMD A WOMAN - W}|0 HAD EXPRESSED A
FEAR OF FIREARMS IM AMY FASHION."
riu/* J L l A ! ' TfiS ? ' JT K ' A TFA; ’ CF: AMD TOLD TC AWAKED ANOTHER WC MAM
WHC HAD 3EED PUT IMTC A DEEP SLEEP.
rnnSJS! $!i n £CULD MOT AWAKEN HER COLLEAGUE, THE REPORT SAID, SHE VA
CRDERED TC "PICK UP A PISTOL 'EAR BY AMD Fife IT AT MISS ( 3LANK ) " AM
ASSURED THAT "HER RAGE WOULD BE SC GREAT THAT SHE WOULD MOT HFSITAT
Tvj k ILL . ' " f
P^ T t! r Vc ' - - Af! "CARRIED CJT THES~ SUGGESTICMS TO THE LETTEP ,
INCLUDING e IF. IMG TIE (UNLOADED) GUN AT MISS (3LAN.X) . THEM PROCEEDING
TC .‘ALL IMTC A DEEP SLEEP" AS ORDERED.
WHEN AWAKENED, DEITHTP THE "MUR DEFER" NCR HER "VICTIM" HAD AMv
R». COLLECTION CF WHAT HAD HAPPENED, THE DCCUMENT SAID. IT ADDED:
A a cr, 7 , H E~,' ^RDERER’ REFUSED TC. PICK UP C-R ACCEPT THE SAM r GUN AND
ABSOLUTELY DENIED THAT SHE HAD EVER FIRED IT."
A SEPT. 4, 1951 EXPERIMENT TOLD HOW CME WOMAN WAS HYPNOTIZED - INTO
TOLD TC FLIRT WITH
TC TRY TC LURE HIM
A
C-NTC
STRr "G r
BELIEVF.ING SHF WAS AT A PA FT v AND
SHE DID SC, FOLLOWING SUGGESTIONS
FLOOR" AND TC SIT CM HIS LAP.
AWAKENED, SHE REMEMBERED NOTHING.
„ IM. ANOTHER CASE. TWO MALE CIA. OPERATIVES HYPNOTIZED THRE r F
employes inside a security -guarded cia building, telling them
MAN
THE "DANCE
UPON SIGNAL, THEY WOULD CPEM TH r IR
about in a perfectly normal waiver
. THUS ENTRANCED, THEY FOLLOWED ORDERS TC
THEIR USUAL WAY, CHAT WITH BUILDING GUARDS
EYES, "ACT, WALK, TALK AND
E V A T C
THAT,
MOVE
-INTO A CAR WITH* the
THERE, ALL THREE
TWO HYPNCTI
STS
LEAVE THE 3 UILDIMG IN
AS THEY CHECKED C.T, GTT
AND GC TC AN APART ME? IT WITH THEM.
....... , 'CL LOWED ORDERS TC "PROCEED INTO THE
BEDROOM AND ... GC INTO A DEE? SLEEP STATE CM CNF CF THE BEDS."
•^ 0 AN CTi ir -L I:YPr:CT l2ED SUBJECT STOLE WHAT SHE THOUGHT WAS A SECRET
^UME.'T .•Rv.-M At) OFFICIAL’S DES;< AND HID IT IN HER GIRDLE, WHILE
TEST-CC NTRC LL ERS^ WATCHED HER THROUGH A TWO-WAY MIRROR.
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